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Jehovah’s Witness Are Learning Chinese to Evangelize in Zambia

Anthropology News

September 2015. September 2015. Even with increased interactions through evangelizing, there have been growing anti-Chinese sentiments in Zambia in recent years, often based in economic inequalities between the countries. In this dimension, the interactions are not as straightforward as mere economic or political engagements.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

This story is part of our Map to the Middle Class project , where we ask readers what they want us to investigate about educational pathways to economic stability. He asks : What are the projections for the size of the middle class assuming current economic and demographic trends? This question comes from Kieran Hanrahan.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

Everybody’s already talking about program reviews,” said Rudy Fichtenbaum, a professor of economics at Wright State University in Ohio and president of the American Association of University Professors. Will history repeat? Falling enrollment has already imperiled programs such as FIU’s African and African Diaspora Studies.

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What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges

ED Surge

We were able to get more families and children access to quality early learning, while supporting families to get back into the workforce, providing that economic benefit and the need that businesses in our community have, Jones said. The legislation is the first of its kind in the states history, Day said. It includes $26.25

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Two studies point to the power of teacher-student relationships to boost learning

The Hechinger Report

Harvard University’s Roland Fryer set out to test just that in an experiment , published in the June 2018 issue of the American Economic Review. Fryer convinced the Houston school district to randomly assign 23 elementary schools to adopt specialized teaching for two years, from the fall of 2013 to the spring of 2015.

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Supply and demand: Getting low-income kids into better jobs by getting them into better schools

The Hechinger Report

In San Antonio, the CAST schools are also one prong of a larger effort by a local school district to promote integration in one of the most economically segregated cities in the country. One year in, that approach to economic integration, dubbed “diversity by design,” is working. My mom was shocked,” Toney said, laughing.

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Analysis: hundreds of colleges and universities show financial warning signs

The Hechinger Report

Many colleges and universities have a history of mismanaging their finances, increasing spending even as enrollments fell or going deeply into debt to construct new buildings. More than 50 public and nonprofit institutions have closed or merged since 2015, and experts expect to see more closures in the coming academic year.

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